WMU Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

09/20/2023

WMU's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IES) joined in Summer 2023 with WMU'S Department of Geography to form the School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability (SEGS): https://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADFmZDIwZDBjLTk5ZGUtNDQzMC05NTFkLTQ1NmVhMjc0ODgyZAAQAJBtMvu%2BvIJIt66aPibs2sU%3D

This IES page will no longer be active, as there is a page for SEGS. We encourage you to migrate there for information about environmental studies and sustainability at WMU: https://www.facebook.com/WMUenvironment

The School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability offers engaged teaching and scholarship.

09/05/2023

08/31/2023

Welcome back, Broncos!
Need something fill up that mini fridge? Stop by our office and pick up some free produce!

will open again on 9/06!

08/10/2023

🌎 Get ready for traveling!

Need gear? We offer 2 canvas tote bags, a set of bamboo utensils or a water bottle.
These items are free for WMU students to pick up at the Office for Sustainability.

Location: 2529 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, 49008.

06/28/2023

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06/21/2023

It’s great to see Dr. Cybelle Shattuck's “Faith, Hope, and Sustainability: The Greening of US Faith Communities,” among CivicGreen’s reviews of “important books that provide insight into civic and green innovations across many fields.” You can peruse CivicGreen’s Bookshelf here: https://sites.tufts.edu/civicgreen/bookshelf/

06/21/2023

Check out this beautiful commencement speech by our former IES presidential scholar, Chelsea Spaman, who just graduated with a MSS degree in Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Chelsea took ENVS 2050 with our own Dr. Cybelle Shattuck. In her speech, Chelsea describes how her experience in the class changed her career goals, causing her to major in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. She talks about the Sleeping Bear camping trip as transformative, especially the “tree dance” in which Wil Reding has our students act out the physiological functions of different tree parts.

At WMU, Chelsea served as Director of Sustainability for the Western Student Association. She helped organize the first Student Sustainability Summit as well as a panel discussion on Environmental Justice. It’s great to see our former students continuing to make an impact, carrying their passion for sustainability out into the world.

Tufts UEP Commencement Speeches 2023: Chelsea Spaman, MS-Sustainabilityby Tufts UEPJune 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Chelsea Spaman gave a speech representing MS-Sustainability students at the 2023 UEP commencement. This post is the third in a series of four UEP’s 2023 commencement speeches. The first was ...

05/20/2023

Kalamazoo Air Pollution. 247 signatures are still needed!

05/16/2023

The 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards has named SEGS Professor Lynne Heasley's "The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes" a Grand Prize winner in Non-fiction, and also winner in the categories of Animals/Pets and Education/Academic Non-fiction.

Congratulations Lynne!